Method for fabricating mounts having display material



c. N. cnc-ss Aug. 9, 1960 METHOD kFOR FABRICATING MOUNTS HAVING DISPLAY MATERIAL Filed Nov. 28, 1958- United States PatentY METHOD FOR FABRICATING MOUNTS HAVING DISPLAY MATERIAL Carroll N. Cross, Rte. 2, Box 304, Maitland, Fla.

Filed Nov. 28, 1958, Ser. No. 777,006,V

4 Claims. (Cl. 93-1) for United States patent, Serial Number 717,454, tiledY February 25, 1958, now Patent No. 2,875,677 issued Mar. 3, 1959, for Method for Assembling Display Material in Mount Structures.

According to the invention of my aforesaid application, an article to be encased in a mount structure is located on a backboard, an intermediate board having therein a cutout whose peripheral dimensions are less than the corresponding peripheral 'dimensions of the article to be encased is superimposed on the backboard, whereby the intermediate board overlies the peripheral edges of theV inserted article. A faceboard is then superimposed on the intermediate board and the boards are bound into a unitary structure by wrapping the same in a decorative facing material, which is adhesively attached to the underlying surfaces. According to the aforesaid invention, a display window is thereafter cut through the decorativeY facing material and th-rough the faceboard of the mount without any damage to the encased display material.

The invention of my prior application has been employed with great success for the mounting of at display material, but for the mounting of devices,'such asthermometer cards, it has not been uniformly successful because of the variation in the thickness of the mounted unit and in the means employed for mounting the thermometer or the like on its supporting card.

This invention contemplates the formationk of a'receiving well in the backboard of the mount structure into which well the display material is inserted after the display window has'been formed in the 'faceboard A concomitant feature of the invention is the reliance on the iiexible lining material which is adhesively attached to the rear of the backboard to maintain the display material within its receiving well. Otherwise, the invention herein employs the techniques taught in my aforesaid application for patent.

The nature of the invention will become clear in its details from a reading of the following specification in light of the drawing forming a part of this application, in which drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts through the several figures, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a face elevational view of one end of an encasing mount adapted for the display of a thermometer;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. l;

and

Fig. 3 is a blank utilized in forming the mount of Fig. l.

The mount herein is composed of three superimposed panels of cardboard stock or like material. These panels are bound together by gluing to theface. thereof,y a binding material which extends about margins of the assembled panels and Whose edges terminate at the back of the mount. The terminal edges of the binding material are covered by a lining material Which is then applied to the back of the mount such that the terminal edges of irse 2 Y Y the binding material are concealed and the assembly is given a nished appearance. A l

In Figs. 1 and 2, the mount is formed specifically for the display of a thermometer tube 10, mounted on a calibrated card 12 which is somewhat 4larger in all directions than the thermometer. To accommodate the card 12, a backboard 14 has formed therein a well which is in the form of a cutout section of such size and shape as to receive the thermometer mounting card 12. An

intermediate board 16 has a cutout formed therein whichl registers with the well in the backboard 14, but which, however, is smaller in all its peripheral dimensions than the well in the backboard and consequently is likewise:

smaller than the thermometer mounting card 12. When the intermediate board 16 is superimposed on the backf board 14, the thermometer 10 and a substantial portion of its mounting card 12 are visible through the cutout 18;

in the intermediate board 16.

By reference to Fig. 2,- it will be seen that the cutout 18 in the intermediate board is smaller than the thermometer mounting card 12 such that the edges of the intermediate board 16 defining the cutout 18 thereof will overlie the corresponding edges ofV the thermometer mounting card 12. -In order to render visible the thermometer 10, a window 20'is formed in` a faceboard 22. The window 20 is samewhat larger than the cutout 18 in the intermediate board 16. The reason for the relative size vof; the window 20 and the cutout 18 will become clear as the method aspects of the invention are dealt with more specifically.

After the backboard 14, the intermediate board 16 and the faceboard 22 are assembled with each other in superimposed relation, they are bound together by means of a flexible decorative binding material 24 which extends over the face of the faceboard 22 and about the edges of the assembled boards. If desired, an edge may remain unbound to provide access to the interiorof the mount or to provide for a hinge connection Withan attached nate on the backboard to whichris applied a lining material 26 only slightly smaller in all dimensionsY than the backboard, and, in any event, large enough to cover the edges of the binding material. The lining material 26, therefore, not only provides a` cover for the exposed edges of the binding material 24, thereby imparting to the mount a more finished appearance, but also serves to enclose the thermometer card such that it cannotbecome dislodged from its Well.

Fig. 3 indicates the preliminary steps employed in forming the mounts of Fig. 1. While the method can be performed manually and While the several boards comprising the combination may be separate, it is intended that the method be adapted to automatic machine operation wherein the several boards comprising the combination are initially formed from a single panel of board such that the assembly operation can proceed by simply foldingthe panel as may be required.

The mount of Figs. 1 and 2 is preferably formed of va single panel of cardboard which is creased, `scored or partially cut through along a pair of parallel lines 44 and 46 which divide the panel into three sections constituting the backboard 14, the intermediate board 16 and the faceboard 22. As the fold lines 44 and 46 are being formed, appropriatecutting tools are also employed for forming the Ythermometer card receiving well 15 in the backboard and the cutout 18 in the intermediate board.

Following the preliminary fabrication ofthe blank shown rinl Fig. 3, the backboard 14 is rotated about the line 44 to bring it into face-to-face contact with the intermediate board 16 and the face board is rotated in the opposite direction along the line 46 to bring it into face-toface contact with the opposite side of the intermediate board. The folded blank of Fig. 3 is now bound with the decorative facing material 24. The binding material 24, as stated, extends over the entire surface of the face-board 22 and about the edges of the folded assembly. If desired, one edge of the assembly may remain opened. The edges of the binding material 24 terminateon the backboard 14 but do not extend substantially beyond the corresponding edges thereof.

After the elements of the mount are assembled and bound as described, the unit is subjected to a further cutting operation by which the display window 2.@ is formed in the faceboard 22 and in the decorative binding material 24. It will be noted that the window is larger in each of its dimensions than the corresponding dimensions lof the cutout 1S. This technique of fabrication permits the formation of the display window 20 after all the other fabricating steps have been performed; since the inwardly extending edges of the intermediate board le, which outline the cutout 18, provide a4 substantial surface against which the cutting operation can be performed. sired, the cutout portion of the faceboard 22 may be retained in position to serve as a protection for the underlying thermometer during subsequent handling and shipping of the mount.

The thermometer card l2 is now inserted into its well 1,5 from the rear of the backboard at this later stage of the fabricating operation since the well 15 is still open from the back of the assembly. The final step of the method consists in the adhesive application of the lining material 26 to the rear face of the backboard lli.

The appearance of mounts so formed can be enhanced by employing an intermediate board which has a color in contrast with the color of the selected binding material which is ultimately applied to the face of the mount. When resort is had to a contrasting color, the border about the cutout 18 in the intermediate board 16 will substantially enhance the appearance of the finished product.

While the fundamentally novel features of the invention have been illustrated and described in connection with the specific embodiments of the invention, it is believed that these embodiments will enable others skilled in the art to apply the principles of the invention in forms departing from the exemplary embodiments herein, and such departures are contemplated by the claims.

I claim:

1. The method of forming encasing mounts and encasing display material therein which comprises the steps of forming a cutout well in a backboard, superimposed upon the backboard an intermediate board having therein a cutout Whose peripheral dimensions are less than the corresponding peripheral dimensions of the material to be encased whereby the intermediate board is adapted to overlap the peripheral edges of such material, superimposing a faceboard over the intermediate board, binding with a decorative facing material the face and at least three edges of the boards so assembled, cutting in said faceboard and in the facing material covering the same, a display window having peripheral dimensions greater than corresponding dimensions of the. cutout in the intermediate board whereby said intermediate board bears the pressure of the cutting operation, thereafter inserting display material through said Well in said backboard such that the marginal edges thereof abut the marginal area of said intermediate board defining the cutout therein, and finally securing the inserted displaymaterial by adhesively attaching a fiexible lining material to the rear face of said backboard.

2,. The method of forming encasing mounts and encasing display material therein which comprises the steps of scoring a panel of cardboard or the like to define abackboard, an intermediate board and a faceboard, forming If dewith a decorative facing material the face and at least three edges of the boards so assembled, cutting in said faceboard and in the facing material covering the same a display window having peripheral dimensions greater than corresponding dimensions of the cutout in the intermediate board whereby said intermediate board bears the pressure of the cutting operation, thereafter inserting display material through said well in said backboard such that the marginal edges thereof abut the marginal area of said intermediate board defining the cutout therein, and finally securing the inserted display material by adhesively attaching a exible lining material to the rear face of'said backboard.

3. The method of forming encasing mounts and encasing display material therein which comprises the steps of forming a cutout Well in a backboard, superimposed upon the backboard a coextensive intermediate board haying therein acutout whose peripheral dimensions are less than the corresponding peripheral dimensions of the material to be encased whereby the intermediate board is adapted to overlap the peripheral edges of such material, superimposing a coextensive faceboard over the intermediate board, binding with a decorative facing materal the face and at least three edges of the boards so assembled, cutting in said faceboard and in the facing material covering the same a display window having peripheral dimensions greater than corresponding dimensions of the cutout in the intermediate board whereby said intermediate board bears the pressure of the cutting operation, thereafter inserting display material through said well in said backboard such that the marginal edges thereof abut the marginal area of said intermediate board defining the cutout therein, and finally securing the inserted display material by adhesively attaching a fiexible lining material to the rear face of said backboard.

4.*The method of forming encasing mounts and encasing display material therein which comprises the steps of scoring a panel of cardboard or the like to define a backboard, an intermediate board and a faceboard of substantially equal size, forming a cutout well in said backboard and forming in said intermediate board a cutout whose peripheral dimensions are less than the correspending peripheral dimensions of the material to be encased Ywhereby the intermediate board is adapted to overlap the peripheral edges of such material, folding said faceboard and said backboard in face-to-face contact with said intermediate board, binding With a decorative facing material the face and at least three edges of the boards so assembled, cutting in said faceboard and in the facing material covering the same a display window having peripheral dimensions greater than corresponding dirnensions of the cutout in the intermediate board whereby said intermediate board bears the pressure of the cutting operation, thereafter inserting display material through said well in said backboard such that the marginal edges thereof abut the marginal area of said intermediate board defining the cutout therein, and finally securing the inserted display material by adhesively attaching a flexible lining material to the rear face of said backboard.

2,875,672 Cross Mar. 3, 1959 

